Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 170

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“Hehe, how is it! I caught this one myself two days ago!”

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ gulps.

The first thing Se-un saw when he opened his eyes, after being dragged by the commander, was a massive piece of meat.

It was a monster resembling a huge cow, roasted with its head and horns still attached, so Se-un quickly guessed its identity.

‘Was this monster also in the Third Shelter?’

Seol Woo-joo (Snow Cow Master) [Seol Woo-joo translates directly to Snow Cow Master].

It was a monster that lived in snowy areas like this, a boss-level monster that reigned as the master of a snow mountain.

As its name suggested, it controlled snow-made cows, and every time it roared, the surrounding snow turned into cows and attacked intruders.

‘Come to think of it, there seemed to be a Snow Cow Master’s hide among the taxidermied items in the commander’s office.’

“Eat quickly! You need to be full to have strength! I’ll tell you why I called you as soon as you finish eating!”

“Yes.”

Se-un had to eat, so he sat down.

When he looked around for utensils, she asked what he was doing and tore off the shank of the meat for him.

Then, she took a big bite out of the connected thigh, which seemed to be her usual way of eating.

“Kuoong!”

Looking to the side, Koong, the polar bear, was already tearing off and eating the foreleg of the meat.

On the opposite side, the adjutant sighed and cut off a piece of the buttock with a knife, and then officers appeared and tore off the meat.

Even though he had spent quite a long time in Frost Fortress before his regression, he had never seen such a sight.

In the first place, the soldiers of Frost Fortress were not so friendly to players.

“Kuh, I’m full! Shall we get up now!”

“Kuoong!”

True to her size, she held ten ribs and ate them whole before stroking her full stomach and getting up.

Although the seasoning wasn’t great, the roasting was perfect, and the meat was incredibly tender, so Se-un was able to finish his meal satisfactorily.

“Then, shall we go! Follow me!”

As if Koong understood her words, he took the lead, and we started moving with two soldiers.

Unlike the first day, this time we were going down to the basement of the fortress.

‘Was there a basement in Frost Fortress?’

He rummaged through his memories from before the regression, but nothing came to mind.

Players were only allowed from the first to the third floor, and even then, there were restricted areas.

Immediate expulsion for breaking the rules.

No one dared to search the fortress at the risk of such a penalty.

Se-un was also busy every day with quests related to searching, so he had never investigated Frost Fortress.

‘It doesn’t seem like a used floor.’

Around the stairs leading to the basement, there were only walls along the stairs, and no other facilities were visible.

The structure of the stairs was also thin, as if it were made temporarily, and the sound echoed every time he stepped.

As he went down, an unidentified noise began to be heard.

Thump, thump!

Drrrrr-!

Crack! Grrrr- Crack!

A sound like something being smashed. From dull thuds and grinding noises to various things hitting something hard.

In the meantime, he could faintly hear the sound of flames flickering.

Yet, the temperature dropped as he went down the stairs.

When he breathed out, white steam fluttered upwards.

“Now I can see it!”

After going down several floors, the dark background disappeared, and a wide cavity that seemed to be the lowest floor appeared.

‘All the soldiers were here.’

In the cavity, many soldiers were working with various tools.

Important-looking quests like monster subjugation were all entrusted to players, and he wondered where all the soldiers were and what they were doing, but they were all secretly coming down to the basement without the players knowing.

They were breaking the huge ice that blocked most of the front wall, and looking at the ice fragments scattered around, it seemed that this space itself was made by carving that ice.

“What is this……”

“This is the true purpose of our Frost Fortress!”

The true purpose of Frost Fortress.

Only then could Se-un feel the questions he had before his regression being resolved.

They accepted players, provided accommodation, and gave quests not simply because of the system.

Because this wasn’t a game.

Everything was done according to interests.

The soldiers of Frost Fortress had to break the ice, so they accepted players and assigned them tasks such as monster subjugation.

‘And that ice is……’

It was clear at a glance that it wasn’t ordinary ice.

Ice that was so black that you couldn’t see inside, let alone transparent.

The strange thing was that the ice fragments on the floor were very ordinary ice.

Moreover, how hard was the strength?

“Okay! One, two!”

Clang!

“Cough!”

“Ah, it broke again. I really can’t do it anymore?”

Despite using all sorts of ice-breaking tools, they couldn’t even make a small scratch on the ice.

He didn’t know how big it was originally, but it seemed great enough just to have carved it out to this extent.

Se-un, who was quickly racking his brains, was able to learn another fact.

‘If that’s the direction, it’s towards the lake.’

The wall blocked by ice.

That was clearly the space where the Lake of Despair was located.

They were now digging a path to the underground of the lake.

“There is a legend in our empire.”

“A legend…… you say?”

“A meteor crashed with a bang! And snow went pababak! And……”

“Ahem. I’ll explain the legend.”

The adjutant, who had been following the commander’s explanation, shook his head and continued the explanation instead.

The northernmost part of the continent.

One day, a meteor with a black tail fell there.

Instead of hot heat, a chilling cold rose from the fallen site, and the surrounding terrain instantly turned into a snowfield.

Hail that had fallen for hundreds of years gathered between the snow mountains to create an ice lake, and soon after, heavy snow covered the mountain range.

The north, which had turned into a snow-covered area that did not allow access in an instant.

Monsters began to flock to the area, where food was scarce and life was harsh.

For some reason, the monsters that flocked to the lake did not fight each other even though they were of different races.

It was said that a strange roar echoed there every ten years, whenever the snow stopped completely.

At that time, all the monsters in the snowfield bowed their heads towards the lake as if worshiping.

“That’s the legend.”

“Looking at that, it doesn’t seem like a legend at all.”

“That’s right. In fact, the purpose of building the fortress is to stop monsters. The monsters that flocked to the lake were truly threatening.”

“Then……”

“However, the monsters only hovered around the lake and did not cross the snowfield. As the troops were withdrawn, the empire’s scholars ordered us to investigate the lake.”

A meteorite that fell from space. Raging natural disasters.

Listening to the legend told by the adjutant, one thing came to mind.

‘It’s similar to Scavenger’s.’

The legend about Scavenger’s sandstorm was also related to a meteorite that fell from the sky.

Maybe, just maybe…… could this lake also be related to the Outer Gods?

Such a suspicion arose.

It seemed absurd to find traces of the Outer Gods in the Third Shelter, but Se-un was already convinced that the legend of Scavenger was related to the Outer Gods.

He couldn’t rule out the possibility that this place was the same.

As he listened to the adjutant’s explanation, he was finally able to come down all the stairs.

As soon as the commander appeared, several officers who had been directing the soldiers rushed over.

“Loyalty! Commander, have you arrived!”

“Sister, this is no longer possible. This is incredibly hard!”

“More than half of the icebreakers have already been destroyed.”

“Hmm, is that so.”

“This is what we managed to make after smashing about ten icebreakers.”

Saying that, the officer pointed to the front of the ice.

There was a slight gap as thin as a finger, which was a terrible trace for having consumed ten icebreakers.

“You’ve worked hard! It seems that this is no longer a problem that can be solved with effort!”

Se-un put his hand on the ice.

As soon as he did, an infinite chill came through his fingertips. And in the meantime, he felt something sticky and unpleasant, and hurriedly took his hand away.

“Is breaking this ice the purpose of calling me?”

“That’s right! Unfortunately, even my fist can’t move this. I called you because I thought your attack might have a chance!”

Indeed, the force that Se-un showed at the end of the 20th floor trial was surprising even to himself.

The soldiers who witnessed it were also shocked.

Having shown such force, the commander who received the report may have had such thoughts.

His skills were completely recognized through sparring.

“Of course, I’ll repay you as much as you want! I won’t blame you even if you fail!”

Se-un wouldn’t trust someone he had only met a day ago, so he would usually present a contract first, but not now.

As a result of clashing fists, Seri Buccaneer, the commander of Frost Fortress, was not the type to play tricks with such things.

Was the heart that had hardened with the Diablo Clan a little relieved?

He thought he could trust her a little.

“I understand.”

Se-un took out Durandall.

He took a stance and swung his sword at the ice with a simple stance.

Cling-

It was as the soldiers said.

Even though he struck with Durandall, which had its seal released and its performance extremely enhanced, not even a small scratch was made.

He felt that the soldiers who had carved the ice to this point with icebreakers without borrowing the power of the artifact were amazing.

Just in case, he secretly took out the key, but this ice seemed to have a different nature from the door.

When the key didn’t work, Se-un took out his sword and distanced himself from the ice.

‘There’s no need to waste time.’

He realized it with one attack.

This ice was not at a level that could be broken simply by using high-level stances.

Se-un, who took a calm deep breath, immediately manifested the Authority of Greed.

– The Treasure Vault of Greed has been opened.

[ Monstrous Strength Sword, Marmyadose ]

– A famous sword made by the blacksmith god Hephaestus, inherited and used by the Greek hero Hercules.

All that is needed now is strength.

Marmyadose, as the sword of Hercules, also known as ‘the strongest person in the world,’ boasts surprisingly excellent strength and destructive power.

King Arthur, who later collected the sword, compared it to his own sword, Excalibur, and evaluated that ‘Excalibur is superior only in terms of power.’

The power of such a sword begins to dwell in Durandall.

Click.

Se-un took a stance for stabbing, not slashing, as usual.

The gap as thin as a finger that the soldiers had created with all their passion.

He believed in the destructive power of Marmyadose, but the target was ice that might have the power of the Outer Gods.

If possible, he was going to concentrate all his strength on one point, aiming for the weakest part.

He had no intention of swinging it several times.

Only once. He concentrated all his mind for that one attack.

As the surrounding air currents fluctuated around Se-un, the commander and even the soldiers took a step back and swallowed hard.

Soon after, Se-un, who had finished concentrating, opened his eyes wide and thrust his sword.

– The sword that split the rock, Durandall, manifests the monstrous power of the hero dwelling in ‘Marmyadose’.

– Through ‘Marmyadose’, the hero’s strike ‘Bull Hunting’ is reproduced.

As Se-un’s weight was placed on his outstretched forefoot, the iron floor was pressed down and footprints were left.

In an instant, the surrounding air became extremely heavy, and Se-un’s stigmata shone, and the Authority of Madness was manifested.

He applied martial arts to the maximum and concentrated the enormous power dwelling in Durandall on one point.

Stab.

Se-un’s sword was accurately embedded in the gap between the ice.

The sound of something breaking roughly was heard from the tip of the sword, and the sword body, except for the handle, was deeply embedded inside the ice.

Crack, crack!

The black ice began to crack and collapse from the inside.